China has said it was speeding up Mohamand Dam construction in Pakistan to mitigate water security risks after India threatened to cut supplies, according to a Chinese state-owned publication’s report. According to the report, the state-owned China Energy Engineering Corporation has been working on the Mohmand Hydropower Project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan since 2019. CCTV further reported that the firm has started concrete filling on the dam to complete the project at earliest. The announcement from China comes as counter-move to Indian threats of suspending water supplies to Pakistan.
